Basket container



Oct. 3, 1967 5. c. F. BRANDES 3,344,970

BASKET CONTAINER Filed June 6, 1966 IN VE N 70R. GUE/V THE/L? CF BRA/V055 sro/vs, ZUMMER a L/Vl/VGSTO/V United States Patent Filed June 6, 1966, Ser. No. 555,444 Claims. (Cl. 2293.5)

This invention relates to a stiff paper basket, and method for making the same. The invention is an improvement of the stilt paper basket shown in applicants US. Patent 'No. 2,536,590 dated J an. 2, 1951, and an improvement of the method of applicants U.S. Patent No. 2,574,371 dated Nov. 6, 1951.

The first object of this invention is to provide a basket having the strength of those heretofore made, but Without being sized after assembly. A paper wicker 20 used in this invention is quite similar to that disclosed in said patents. It consists of relatively flat parallel strips of paper 30, called the warp, into which is woven a -woof 32, also made of paper but having a round cross section. In the prior construction on all baskets including hampers of any height, the warp ran horizontally and in order to get the necessary strength, after assembly the basket had to be held in shape and sized. Applicant has discovered that in the case of shallow baskets, he can reverse the warp and the woof and obtain sufficient strength at the completion of the assembly step.

By securing opposite edges of the paper wicker to each other so that opposite ends of the woof are juxtaposed, the woof thus provides a series of paper cord rings which rings increase the strength of the basket. These paper rings in effect act as a series of relatively rigid hoops thereby allowing the basket to eliminate the need for sizing as described in the aforementioned patents.

Other objects and uses of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a perusal of the following specification in light of the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a basket container embodying the herein disclosed invention;

FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view through a portion of a paper wicker of the basket container taken on line 22 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view through the basket container shown in FIGURE 1 disclosing the interior construction of the container;

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of a wicker having a different weave than that shown in FIGURES 1, 2 and 3; and

FIGURE 5 is an end view of the wicker shown in FIGURE 1.

Referring now to the drawing and especially to FIG- URE 1, a basket container embodying the present invention generally indicated by numeral is shown therein. The basket container 10 has a lid 12 positioned on its upper portion or top to provide a closure therefor. The lid 12 includes a fiat cover 14 having a circular outline with a conventional handle 16 secured to the cover by a screw 18 to provide a convenient means for handling the lid.

The basket container 10 includes a rectangular sheet of paper wicker 20 having opposite edges stapled together to form a cylindrical sleeve. An upper hoop 22 is secured to one end of the paper wicker sleeve and a lower hoop 24 is secured to the opposite end. A flat circular bottom 26 is stapled to the lower hoop 24. The hoops 22 and 24 are conventional wooden hoops which are commonly known as carnival hoops.

A continuous beading 28 which is made of woven paper cords is stapled to the paper wicker sleeve at the seam of the sleeve and to ends of the sleeve as well as the hoops. It should be noted that the heading is a single continuous beading as is described in applicants Patent No. 2,536,590.

The paper wicker is made of a warp 30 which is a plurality of flat paper strips which are all parallel to each other and are each identical to each other. The weave of the instant wicker is such that the fiat paper strips abut each other over portions of their length. The wicker also includes a woof 32 which is a plurality of paper cords each having a round cross-section which cords are also parallel and identical to each other. It is evident that by overlapping slightly opposite edges of the paper wicker, opposite ends of each of the cords are juxtaposed. Sta-pling of opposite edges of the paper wicker sheet to itself and stapling of the heading 28 to those opposite edges of the paper wicker secures the cords into position so that the cords are in effect rings. Since each of the cords defines a ring, there is thus formed a series of rings which act as hoops to provide additional strength for the side wall of the paper wicker basket container.

In the assembly of the basket container, opposite edges of a rectangular sheet of paper wicker are first overlapped. As is mentioned above, it is the ends of the woof 32 which are juxtaposed. The ends of the wicker sheet are then stapled to form a sleeve with a seam in the sleeve Where the ends of the paper Wicker are overlapped. The bottom 26 is stapled to lower hoop 24, and the hoop and bottom are positioned in one end of the sleeve. The upper hoop 22 is positioned in the other end of the sleeve. The beading 28 is staped to the sleeve at the sleeve seam so that the staples perform a dual function of securing the beading to the sleeve as well as providing an additional holding force to hold the ends of the sleeve together. The beading is then secured to the ends of the sleeve and to the hoops by staples, thus the staples perform the dual functions of securing the hoops to the sleeve and securing the beading to the sleeve and the hoops. The lid is then provided for the container. After the container has been formed, the container is then painted an appropriate color.

It may be appreciated that by utilizing the present construction of forming a series of rings by the woof of the paper wicker, the applicant eliminates the step of sizing the formed basket as disclosed in applicants Patent No. 2,574,371. Since the side edges of the Warp are in abutment at certain portions along their length, the warp co operates with the rings to increase further the strength of the basket. The aforedescribed construction provides a basket container which has a high degree of stability without the utilization of a supplementary frame between the hoops.

A specific weave of the paper wicker has been shown in FIGURES l, 2 and 3. FIGURES 4 and 5 show another weave of a paper wicker 20a. Wicker 20a includes warp 300, which is identical to warp 30 described in detail above, and WOOf 32a, which is identical to woof 32 and is also described in detail above. As may be seen in FIGURE 4, the warp 30a is partially in abutment as is warp 30. The wicker 20a is built into a basket in the same manner that wicker 20 is utilized.

Although a specific construction has been shown and described in detail above, it is readily apparent that those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is to be expressly understood that the instant invention is limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising a section of sheet material including a warp of heavy paper strips and a woof of heavy paper cords, said section of material having two opposite edges positioned adjacent to each other with opposite ends of the woof to heavy paper cords juxtapositioned to form a seam in a sleeve formed by a section of sheet material, a single strip of beading having its central portion fastened to both edges of the sleeve seam, a hoop positioned in one end of the sleeve, one free end of the beading encircling the end of the sleeve and the hoop and fastened to both, a bottom positioned in the other end of the sleeve, and the other end of the beading encircling that end of the sleeve and the bottom and connected to both.

2. A paper Wicker container comprising a rectangular section of a paper wicker including a warp of heavy paper strips and a woof of heavy paper cords, said rectangular section having two opposite edges positioned adjacent to each other with opposite ends of the heavy paper lcords juxtapositioned to form a seam in a sleeve, a single strip of flexible paper beading having its central portion fastened to both edges of the seam sleeve, a hoop positioned inside one end of the sleeve, one free end of the beading encircling the end of the sleeve and the hoop and fastened to both, a second hoop positioned in the other end of the sleeve, and a bottom positioned in the other end of the sleeve and connected to the second hoop, the other end of the beading encircling that end of the sleeve and the second hoop and fastened to both.

3. A container comprising a section of sheet material including a warp of heavy paper strips and a woof of heavy paper cords, said section of said material having two opposite edges positioned in overlapping relationship with opposite ends of the heavy paper cords juxtapositioned to form a seam in a sleeve, a single strip of beading having its central portion stapled to adjacent edges of the sleeve seam, a hoop positioned inside one end of the sleeve, one free end of the beading encircling the end of the sleeve and the hoop and fastened to both, a bottom positioned in the other end of the sleeve, and the other end of the beading encircling that end of the sleeve and being fastened thereto.

4. A paper wicker container comprising a rectangular section of paper wicker including a warp of heavy paper strips and a woof of heavy paper cords, each of said heavy paper strips having portions of their respective edges in abutment with adjacent heavy paper strips, said rectangular section having two opposite edges positioned in overlapping relationship with opposite ends of heavy cords juxtapositioned to form a seam in a sleeve and a plurality of cord rings, a single strip of flexible paper beading having its central section stapled to both edges of the sleeve seam, a hoop positioned in one end of the sleeve, one free end of the beading encircling the end of the sleeve and the hoop and fastened to both, a second hoop positioned in the other end of the sleeve, a bottom positioned in the other end of the sleeve and connected to the second hoop, and the other end of the beading encircling that end of the sleeve and the second hoop and fastened to both.

5. A container comprising a woven seamed sleeve having a warp of heavy paper strips extending axially in said sleeve and a woof of heavy paper cords extending circumferentially in said sleeve to define a plurality of spaced rings, said sleeve having a bead secured thereon at the seam, a hoop positioned inside the sleeve at one end thereof, a second hoop positioned inside the sleeve at the other end thereof, and a bottom positioned in the sleeve adjacent to the second hoop and secured to the second hoop.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,488,715 11/1949 Eggl 217-122 JOSEPH R. LECLAIR, Primary Examiner.

R. PESHOCK, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A CONTAINER COMPRISING A SECTION OF SHEET MATERIAL INCLUDING A WRAP OF HEAVY PAPER STRIPS AND A WOOF OF HEAVY PAPER CORDS, SAID SECTION OF MATERIAL HAVING TWO OPPOSITE EDGES POSITIONED ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER WITH OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE WOOF TO HEAVY PAPER CORDS JUXTAPOSITIONED TO FORM A SEAM IN A SLEEVE FORMED BY A SECTION OF SHEET MATERIAL, A SINGLE STRIP OF BEADING HAVING ITS CENTRAL PORTION FASTENED TO BOTH EDGES OF THE SLEEVE SEAM, A HOOP POSITIONED IN ONE END OF THE SLEEVE, ONE FREE END OF THE BEADING ENCIRCLING THE END OF THE SLEEVE AND THE HOOP AND FASTENED TO BOTH, A BOTTOM POSITIONED IN THE OTHER END OF THE SLEEVE, AND THE OTHER END OF THE BEADING ENCIRCLING THAT END OF THE SLEEVE AND THE BOTTOM AND CONNECTED TO BOTH. 